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Fall-Related Emergency Department Admission: Fall Environment and Settings and Related Injury Patterns in 6357 Patients with Special Emphasis on the Elderly
المؤلفون المشاركون
Zisakis, Athanasios K.
Kunz, Mirco
Exadaktylos, Aristomenis Konstantinos
Puig, Stefan
Pfortmueller, Carmen Andrea
Lindner, Gregor
المصدر
العدد
المجلد 2014، العدد 2014 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2014)، ص ص. 1-6، 6ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2014-03-01
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
6
التخصصات الرئيسية
الطب البشري
تكنولوجيا المعلومات وعلم الحاسوب
الملخص EN
Principals.
Throughout the world, falls are a major public health problem and a socioeconomic burden.
Nevertheless there is little knowledge about how the injury types may be related to the aetiology and setting of the fall, especially in the elderly.
We have therefore analysed all patients presenting with a fall to our Emergency Department (ED) over the past five years.
Methods.
Our retrospective data analysis comprised adult patients admitted to our Emergency Department between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2010, in relation to a fall.
Results.
Of a total of 6357 patients 78% ( n = 4957 ) patients were younger than 75 years.
The main setting for falls was patients home ( n = 2239 , 35.3%).
In contrast to the younger patients, the older population was predominantly female (56.3% versus 38.6%; P < 0.0001 ).
Older patients were more likely to fall at home and suffer from medical conditions (all P < 0.0001 ).
Injuries to the head ( P < 0.0001 ) and to the lower extremity ( P < 0.019 ) occurred predominantly in the older population.
Age was the sole predictor for recurrent falls (OR 1.2, P < 0.0001 ).
Conclusion.
Falls at home are the main class of falls for all age groups, particularly in the elderly.
Fall prevention strategies must therefore target activities of daily living.
Even though falls related to sports mostly take place in the younger cohort, a significant percentage of elderly patients present with falls related to sporting activity.
Falls due to medical conditions were most likely to result in mild traumatic brain injury.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Pfortmueller, Carmen Andrea& Kunz, Mirco& Lindner, Gregor& Zisakis, Athanasios K.& Puig, Stefan& Exadaktylos, Aristomenis Konstantinos. 2014. Fall-Related Emergency Department Admission: Fall Environment and Settings and Related Injury Patterns in 6357 Patients with Special Emphasis on the Elderly. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1048925
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Pfortmueller, Carmen Andrea…[et al.]. Fall-Related Emergency Department Admission: Fall Environment and Settings and Related Injury Patterns in 6357 Patients with Special Emphasis on the Elderly. The Scientific World Journal No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1048925
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Pfortmueller, Carmen Andrea& Kunz, Mirco& Lindner, Gregor& Zisakis, Athanasios K.& Puig, Stefan& Exadaktylos, Aristomenis Konstantinos. Fall-Related Emergency Department Admission: Fall Environment and Settings and Related Injury Patterns in 6357 Patients with Special Emphasis on the Elderly. The Scientific World Journal. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1048925
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1048925
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